The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1972 Page: 6 of 14
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'72 football season one game too long for hapless Owls
by BILL JONES
and GREGG NORRIS
Saturday afternoon the Rice
Owls killed all hopes of a win-
ning season with their worst
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game of the year as they lost
to Baylor 28-14 in Waco. Un-
like the past three games, the
Owls took to the second half
to insure defeat, rather than
vic-tory.Playing with unforeseen
ineptitude, the Owls were not
able to overcome an inspired
Baylor team.
In the first half the Owls
amassed 165 offensive yards
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and leave the driving to us.
and in two drives, reached the
14 and 8 yard lines, but could
manage no touchdowns. Half-
back Gary Ferguson led the
way with 81 yards including
two big runs 19 and 20 yards.
Unfortunately, no one could
lead the way into the end zone
and Mark Williams could hit.
only one of his two short field
goal attempts. ,
Furthermore, the defense had
admirable effort in the first
half as they held Baylor rush-
ers to only 28 yards on 23 car-
ries, and the entire Baylor at-
tack to a total of 68 yards. But
Baylor made excellent use of
an exchange of punts which
gave them the ball on the Rice
44. The Bears quickly picked
up 44 of their 63 yards, giving
them the first half lead.
In the second half the Owl
defense couldn't match the Bay-
lor offensive adjustments as
the Bears gained 164 yards
rushing and 47 yards passing.
The Bears utilized a strong of-
fensive line and a variety of
rushers to control the ball 40
of the 67 second half plays. Al-
though the Baylor passing at-
tack did not gain many yards,
the Bears continually passed
for key yardage in tough situ-
ations against a haphazard and
defenseless Owl degense. Such
panic in the backfield has not
been seen since the Georgia
Tech game and thank God it
won't be seen again for the
rest of the year.
Similarly, the offense spent
the second half in the doldrums
as they put together only one
sustained drive. However, on
their first possession they did
move the ball 28 yards (not
the sustained drive) to enable
Mark Williams to kick his sec-
ond record shattering field goal
ofk the day. He now holds the
SWC records for both career
and season field goals.
Realistically, we've said too
much about this ridiculous
game, everyone, including our-
selves would just as soon for-
get about it.
Although the Owls didn't
have a winning season this
year, several of the players ual
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Gary Butler, Edwin Collins,
Bruce Henley, and Ron Waede-
mon all achieved some degree
of stature in being named to at
least one All-SWC team. In
addition, Larry Walling and
Bart Goforth both made second
team, while Rodrigo Barnes,
LaRay Breshers, Bruce Gadd,
Sammy Johnson, and Corny
Walker secured honorable men-
tion berths.
Single game records—Individ-
Forward Passing
Most completions — Bruce
Gadd (31)
Most yards gained—Bruce
■'add (368)
M.j.st had intercepted—Bruce
Gadd (tied-4)
Pass Receiving
Most passes caught—Edwin
Collins (10)
Pass interceptions
Most yards returned—Pres-
ton Anderson (99)
(Continued on Page 10)
Girl's badminton double winners Ann Kelterer and Jerry Morrice
Volley of the Dolls connect to win
The Women's Intramural
Sports Program is off to a good
yean as 85 girls participated in
the volleyball tournament. Of
the twelve teams participating,
the Volley of the Dolls managed
to finish undefeated and cap-
ture 1st place. The Dolls in-
clude captain Georgia Kostas,
Terri Reynolds, JoAnn Thomp-
son, Martha Garcia, Missy Mc-
Alister, Wendy Nordstrom, and
Terri Trant. The Freshmen
Dolls sui'prised themselves in
their accomplishment as in the
final match they faced the Un-
derdogs, a team headed by Katie
McLoughlin and made up of up-
perclassmen.
The second intramural sport
played was badminton singles,
in which thirty girls battled for
1st place. Missy McAlister
finally proved to be the top girl
though she was faced with such
outstanding players as Patricia
Overton, Julia Levy, Dana
Burch, and second-place winner
Susan DeBremaecker.
In the Double Tournament,
thirty-eight girls were compet-
ing for first place. Ann Ket-
terer and Jerry Morrice teamed
up for an undefeated victory,
but it was not an easy one. This
team had to prove their abil-
ities to other excellent couples,
such as 2nd place winners Linda
Anderson and Karolina Adam,
Jenny Howell and Julia Levy,
Carolina Houze and Dana
Burch, and Marva Gardner and
Robbie Jeffrion, all well known
on the badminton court.
Watch for more intramurals.
RMC adds air-hockey to games
Physics jocks have the ad-
vantage in the new "air-hockey"
game in the basement of the
RMC, but anybody with enough
quarters can get in on the fun.
Played with a thin plastic
puck on a "frictionless" surface
created by hundreds of tiny air
jets, air-hockey is an incredibly
fast-moving game. Players use
hand-held plastic discs to knock
the puck back and forth, and
hopefully into the opponent's
goal — a slot which swallows
and returns the puck for an-
other round, until the game
ends.
A Thresher representative
who watched—and participated
for some time concluded that
the best strategy involved "hit-
ting the puck as hard as pos-
sible, as often as possible, and
to hell with the aim", in order
to panic the opposition. How-
ever, some skill can't hurt. ,
While it may never replace
foosball, air-hockey is a faster-
moving, noisier, and equally
strange-looking game. It may
well make its franchisers very
rich. Serves them right.
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Jackson, Steve. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1972, newspaper, December 7, 1972; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245149/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.